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Planning staff presents final edits to comprehensive plan update, adds social‑equity materials

5350054 · July 3, 2025
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Planning staff presented final edits to the city’s comprehensive plan update, including new social‑equity text and redlining history; the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the draft July 23 and staff expects to forward the draft to City Council for review July 15.

City planning staff presented a near‑final draft of the City of East Lansing comprehensive plan update at the July 9 Planning Commission meeting, highlighting newly added social‑equity language and historical material for commission review.

Staff said the updated content positions social equity, housing and climate resilience as primary priorities identified in early community engagement and recommends placing an equity explanation and a short history of redlining early in the plan. "We wanted to describe what…

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